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Although we usually think of technology as something unique to modern times, our ancestors began to create the first technologies millions of years ago in the form of prehistoric tools and weapons. Over time, eight key technologies gradually freed us from the limitations of our animal origins.

In this updated and expanded edition of Human + Machine—including a new chapter on gen AI—Daugherty and Wilson show that the essence of the AI paradigm shift is the transformation of all business processes within an organization, whether related to breakthrough innovation, everyday customer service, or personal productivity habits. As humans and smart machines collaborate ever more closely, work processes become more fluid and adaptive, enabling companies to change them on the fly—or completely reimagine them.

Storytelling, a tradition that built human civilization, may soon destroy it Humans are storytelling animals. Stories are what make our societies possible. Countless books celebrate their virtues. But Jonathan Gottschall, an expert on the science of stories, argues that there is a dark side to...

Edward Ashford Lee explores the ways that engineers use models and abstraction to build inventive artificial worlds and to give us things that we never dreamed of - for example, the ability to carry in our pockets everything humans have ever published. But he also attempts to counter the runaway enthusiasm of some technology boosters who claim everything in the physical world is a computation - that even such complex phenomena as human cognition are software operating on digital data.

This book is the first to examine the history of imaginative thinking about intelligent machines. As real Artificial Intelligence (AI) begins to touch on all aspects of our lives, this long narrative history shapes how the technology is developed, deployed, and regulated. It is therefore a crucial social and ethical issue. Part I of this book provides a historical overview from ancient Greece to the start of modernity. Part II focuses on the 20th and 21st centuries in which a greater density of narratives emerge alongside rapid developments in AI technology.

It's about the relationship between humans and technology, about the design of technology. It's about how we can get our lives back by dropping technology addiction. Technology has two big problems: it's difficult to access and it's addicting. I want to make my listeners' lives better by opening their eyes to the design and use of technology. My goal is to change the way you look at the world and make it a better place.

In The Alchemy of Us, scientist and science writer Ainissa Ramirez examines eight inventions - clocks, steel rails, copper communication cables, photographic film, light bulbs, hard disks, scientific labware, and silicon chips - and reveals how they shaped the human experience. Ramirez tells the stories of the woman who sold time, the inventor who inspired Edison, and the hotheaded undertaker whose invention pointed the way to the computer.

This is the human-robot interactin podcast series in which we explore the relationship between humans and robots.

IntelligentPod is the intelligent pod where curiosity meets clarity — exploring AI, ethics, innovation, psychology, and the future of humanity. From existential risks and algorithmic bias to behavioral economics, biohacking, and cultural philosophy, each episode dives deep into the ideas shaping our world. Tune in for insightful conversations that help you think critically, live intentionally, and stay ahead in a complex age.

A journey through the evolving landscape of AI relationships and human connections in our digital world. We examine how emerging technologies are creating new forms of intimacy, companionship, and emotional bonds across different societies and what this means for our understanding of human connection.

We are the founding members of the Council of the People of Earth, otherwise known as C.O.P.E. Our purpose is to begin the discussion of uniting the human race to form one large governing body for our species.The Human Condition is a theory centered around a constant reflection on the current state of human relations as it pertains to the overall wellness of the human species. This wellness is sometimes referred to as a connection, bond, or link that is the tethering force that binds all humans together regardless of labels.